There have been a number of calls after the heavy rain event (>3” for a large area of West TN) Friday and Saturday (May 31 and June 1) about whether to try to replant cotton late or perhaps switch crops and replant back to soybean. Continue reading
We had quite a bit of cotton planted, some late corn planted and a start to soybean planting the week of May 13th that was abruptly cut short by 3 plus inches of rain and yet another cold spell on May 20. This caused quite a bit of replanting in all three crops this week particularly in cotton and soybean. The question arises about the best way to remove the partial sickly stand before the new planting emerges. Continue reading
Palmer amaranth has come late to the party compared to last year but is making up for it by taking off in a lot of fields. If you remember, last year it started emerging in early March. This was a big advantage as we had a lot of time to control multiple Palmer flushes prior to planting. This allowed growers to really whittle down the numbers of Palmer before we even thought about planting the crop. That will not be the case this year. Continue reading
Dear Colleagues
The University of Tennessee Weed Tour will be held Thursday, June 20 at the West Tennessee Research & Education Center in Jackson, TN. Registration will start at 8:30 A.M. and the tour will begin at 9:00 A.M.. Continue reading
As far as cotton planting progress goes from this past week, probably the best you can say is we got a good start. State wide my best guess is that we are no more than 15% planted. It is raining now and at best we will be back in the field by May 20. Typically by May 20th we are hoping to be wrapping up cotton planting not really just getting started. Continue reading
Cotton Planting Forecast 5/20 to 5/24: We had a good week to get started planting cotton this past week. Just judging by calls, we have about 5 to 20% of the cotton planted depending upon where you are in the state. Continue reading
Once it dry’s this looks to be a big week to plant! A few areas got close to 4” last Friday so it will be a few days before some fields will be dry enough to plant. There were a few cotton fields planted last week that may struggle to establish a stand with the cold wet weather. Our colleague, Darren Dodds of Mississippi State University, wrote a great piece recently on cotton replant polices for various cotton seed companies. Click on this link to access his cotton replant cost update http://www.mississippi-crops.com/2013/05/11/cotton-replant-costs/
Cotton Planting Forecast 5/13 to 5/18: We did have a small window to plant this past week. A little cotton and corn was planted during that time. Hopefully, the cotton will establish a stand with all the rain on Friday. It is hard to imagine right now, with all the rain coming down today (5/10), but this next week is by far the most favorable forecast we have had to plant this spring. Continue reading